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Star Wars: Cataclysm
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After the thrilling events of The High Republic: Convergence, the
Jedi race to confront the Path of the Open Hand and end the Forever
War. After five years of conflict, the planets Eiram and E'ronoh
are on the cusp of real peace. But when news breaks of a disaster
at the treaty signing on Jedha, violence reignites on the
beleaguered worlds. Together, the royal heirs of both
planets-Phan-tu Zenn and Xiri A'lbaran-working alongside the Jedi,
have uncovered evidence that the conflict is being orchestrated by
outside forces, and all signs point to the mysterious Path of the
Open Hand, whom the Jedi also suspect of causing the disaster on
Jedha. With time-and answers-in short supply, the Jedi must divide
their focus between helping quell the renewed violence on Eiram and
E'ronoh and investigating the Path. Among them is Gella Nattai, who
turns to the one person she believes can unravel the mystery but
the last person she wants to trust: Axel Greylark. The chancellor's
son, imprisoned for his crimes, has always sought to unburden
himself of the weight of his family name. Will he reconcile with
the Jedi and aid in their quest for justice and peace, or embrace
the Path's promise of true freedom? As all roads lead to Dalna,
Gella and her allies prepare to take on a foe unlike any they've
ever faced. And it will take all of their trust in the Force, and
in one another, to survive.
From the bestselling author of A Beautiful Poison comes another
spellbinding historical novel full of intrigue, occult mystery, and
unexpected twists. New York City, 1899. Tillie Pembroke’s sister
lies dead, her body drained of blood and with two puncture wounds
on her neck. Bram Stoker’s new novel, Dracula, has just been
published, and Tillie’s imagination leaps to the impossible: the
murderer is a vampire. But it can’t be—can it? A ravenous
reader and researcher, Tillie has something of an addiction to
truth, and she won’t rest until she unravels the mystery of her
sister’s death. Unfortunately, Tillie’s addicted to more than
just truth; to ease the pain from a recent injury, she’s taking
more and more laudanum…and some in her immediate circle are happy
to keep her well supplied. Tillie can’t bring herself to believe
vampires exist. But with the hysteria surrounding her sister’s
death, the continued vampiric slayings, and the opium swirling
through her body, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for a girl
who relies on facts and figures to know what’s real—or whether
she can trust those closest to her.
From the bestselling author of A Beautiful Poison comes a
spellbinding historical mystery about hidden identities, wartime
paranoia, and the tantalizing power of deceit. Brooklyn, 1942. War
rages overseas as brother and sister Will and Maggie Scripps
contribute to the war effort stateside. Ambitious Will secretly
scouts for the Manhattan Project while grief-stricken Maggie works
at the Navy Yard, writing letters to her dead mother between
shifts. But the siblings' quiet lives change when they discover a
beautiful woman hiding under their back stairs. This stranger
harbors an obsession with poisons, an affection for fine things,
and a singular talent for killing small creatures. As she draws
Will and Maggie deeper into her mysterious past, they both begin to
suspect she's quite dangerous-all while falling helplessly under
her spell. With whispers of spies in dark corners and the world's
first atomic bomb in the works, the visitor's sudden presence in
Maggie's and Will's lives raises questions about who she is and
what she wants. Is this mysterious woman someone they can trust-or
a threat to everything they hold dear?
What won’t we try in our quest for perfect health, beauty, and
the fountain of youth? Well, just imagine a time when doctors
prescribed morphine for crying infants. When liquefied gold was
touted as immortality in a glass. And when strychnine—yes, that
strychnine, the one used in rat poison—was dosed like Viagra.
Looking back with fascination, horror, and not a little dash of
dark, knowing humor, Quackery recounts the lively, at times
unbelievable, history of medical misfires and malpractices. Ranging
from the merely weird to the outright dangerous, here are dozens of
outlandish, morbidly hilarious “treatments”—conceived by
doctors and scientists, by spiritualists and snake oil salesmen
(yes, they literally tried to sell snake oil)—that were
predicated on a range of cluelessness, trial and error, and
straight-up scams. With vintage illustrations, photographs, and
advertisements throughout, Quackery seamlessly combines macabre
humor with science and storytelling to reveal an important and
disturbing side of the ever-evolving field of medicine.
Two hearts. Twice as vulnerable. Manhattan, 1850. Born out of
wedlock to a wealthy socialite and a nameless immigrant, Cora Lee
can mingle with the rich just as easily as she can slip unnoticed
into the slums and graveyards of the city. As the only female
resurrectionist in New York, she's carved out a niche procuring
bodies afflicted with the strangest of anomalies. Anatomists will
pay exorbitant sums for such specimens-dissecting and displaying
them for the eager public. Cora's specialty is not only profitable,
it's a means to keep a finger on the pulse of those searching for
her. She's the girl born with two hearts-a legend among grave
robbers and anatomists-sought after as an endangered prize. Now, as
a series of murders unfolds closer and closer to Cora, she can no
longer trust those she holds dear, including the young medical
student she's fallen for. Because someone has no intention of
waiting for Cora to die a natural death.
After the thrilling events of The High Republic: Convergence, the
Jedi race to confront the Path of the Open Hand and end the Forever
War. After five years of conflict, the planets Eiram and E'ronoh
are on the cusp of real peace. But when news breaks of a disaster
at the treaty signing on Jedha, violence reignites on the
beleaguered worlds. Together, the royal heirs of both
planets-Phan-tu Zenn and Xiri A'lbaran-working alongside the Jedi,
have uncovered evidence that the conflict is being orchestrated by
outside forces, and all signs point to the mysterious Path of the
Open Hand, whom the Jedi also suspect of causing the disaster on
Jedha. With time-and answers-in short supply, the Jedi must divide
their focus between helping quell the renewed violence on Eiram and
E'ronoh and investigating the Path. Among them is Gella Nattai, who
turns to the one person she believes can unravel the mystery but
the last person she wants to trust: Axel Greylark. The chancellor's
son, imprisoned for his crimes, has always sought to unburden
himself of the weight of his family name. Will he reconcile with
the Jedi and aid in their quest for justice and peace, or embrace
the Path's promise of true freedom? As all roads lead to Dalna,
Gella and her allies prepare to take on a foe unlike any they've
ever faced. And it will take all of their trust in the Force, and
in one another, to survive.
Just beyond the Gilded Age, in the mist-covered streets of New
York, the deadly Spanish influenza ripples through the city. But
with so many victims in her close circle, young socialite Allene
questions if the flu is really to blame. All appear to have been
poisoned-and every death was accompanied by a mysterious note.
Desperate for answers and dreading her own engagement to a wealthy
gentleman, Allene returns to her passion for scientific discovery
and recruits her long-lost friends, Jasper and Birdie, for help.
The investigation brings her closer to Jasper, an apprentice
medical examiner at Bellevue Hospital who still holds her heart,
and offers the delicate Birdie a last-ditch chance to find a safe
haven before her fragile health fails. As more of their friends and
family die, alliances shift, lives become entangled, and the three
begin to suspect everyone-even each other. As they race to find the
culprit, Allene, Birdie, and Jasper must once again trust each
other, before one of them becomes the next victim.
From the masters of storytelling-meets-science and co-authors of
Quackery, Patient Zero tells the long and fascinating history of
disease outbreaks—how they start, how they spread, the science
that lets us understand them, and how we race to destroy them
before they destroy us. Written in the authors’ lively and
accessible style, chapters include page-turning medical stories
about a particular disease or virus—smallpox, Bubonic plague,
polio, HIV—that combine “Patient Zero” narratives, or the
human stories behind outbreaks, with historical examinations of
missteps, milestones, scientific theories, and more. Learn the
tragic stories of Patient Zeros throughout history, such as Mabalo
Lokela, who contracted Ebola while on vacation in 1976, and the
Lewis Baby on London’s Broad Street, the first to catch cholera
in an 1854 outbreak that led to a major medical breakthrough.
Interspersed are origin stories of a different sort—how a rye
fungus in 1951 turned a small village in France into a
phantasmagoric scene reminiscent of Burning Man. Plus the uneasy
history of human autopsy, how the HIV virus has been with us for at
least a century, and more.
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